Infrastructure Platform Engineer
Core
Senior technical leader responsible for platform reliability, automation, security, and observability across on-prem and cloud environments for an academic department.
Role type
Senior IC Infrastructure Platform Engineer
Builds
CI/CD pipelines, automated workflows, and hardened security configurations for department applications and research systems.
Domain
Higher Education / IT Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Linux/Unix administration, Infrastructure as Code (Puppet, Terraform), CI/CD pipeline management, Python scripting, system monitoring and logging, security hardening, networking protocols
Preferred skills
Web server management (Apache, Nginx), Database management (Postgres, MySQL), Observability tools (Prometheus, DataDog, Splunk, Grafana, Loki), Version control (Git), Web frameworks (Ruby on Rails, Flask)
Technologies
Puppet, Terraform, Gitlab Actions, Python, Bash, Prometheus, DataDog, Splunk, Grafana, Loki, Apache, Nginx, Postgres, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, Flask, Git
Responsibilities
Propose and define architectural standards; Lead initiatives to improve infrastructure reliability and performance; Implement infrastructure-as-code principles; Implement and maintain robust system monitoring and alerting; Perform expert-level build, configuration, and lifecycle management of Linux/Unix systems; Develop automation tools and scripts; Manage and optimize Linux-based systems in production; Support department applications by managing infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines; Implement hardened security configurations; Document work and contribute to team best practices; Participate in off-hours on-call rotation; Design new systems, features, and tools; Act as a technical consultant for faculty research and administrative projects
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities
